A Ranking of Pynchon's Novels

[Heikki R]

On Thu, Jul 23, 2015 at 11:42 AM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:

> God I'm glad someone else took on this job. I was sweating jellybeans
> at my lack of statistical abilities. For unranked novels I just split
> the leftover points evenly, knowing this was Bad Math.


I'm way more talented in Excel than in Math myself, but I dare think
leftover-point-splitting is the best available procedure - thanks John!

So, a slightly modified ranking:

1. Gravity's Rainbow      (156 points - average 7.43)
2. Mason & Dixon          (131 points - average 6.24)
3. V.                             (108.5 points - average 5.17)
4. The Crying of Lot 49   (99 points - average 4.71)
5. Against the Day         (85.5 points - average 4.07)
6. Vineland                    (80 points - average 3.81)
7. Bleeding Edge           (53 points - average 2.52)
8. Inherent Vice             (43 points - average 2.04)
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